The Earth Grows

The Earth Grows by 1Sky's own Adi Nochur (written in April 2005 for Fossil Fools Day)

The Earth grows warm as our hearts grow cold
And lies are traded and bought and sold
We can no longer accept what we are told
We need a new vision, something bold
To transcend false reality and learn to breathe free
And create a world based around you and me
Not corporations and politicians repressing liberty
We need to speak together as one community
Because global warmings looming as a threat every day
CO2 makes our world hot and melts it away
And we the people suffer and choke on the ashes
Of the toxic fumes and the greenhouse gases

But in Washington DC theyre denying the facts
As the government and coal companies sign business pacts
And as they try to keep the black rock flowing fast
They show just how much they are stuck in the past

And the Senate keeps trying to drill offshore
The latest chapter in our never-ending war
On our environment, destroyed devastated degraded
The assault on our land continues blind and unabated
Poisoned atmosphere, we have much to fear
As global warmings effects become more and more clear
The diagnosis is in, Mother Nature is sick
The time for actions now, weve gotta move quick so

Know that another future is possible
One based on solar and wind and renewable
Energy, the key to setting us free
From corrupt politicians and corporate hegemony

We need to start demanding these alternatives
So that we our world and its creatures may live
Start locally, in your community
And ask yourself, what do I want for me?

To live in a world sick and choked by heat
Where insecurity manifests itself on the street
Where the worlds oppressed peoples cry out in vain
Because we have all become numb to their pain?

Or to live in a world where we all come together
Enjoying a stable climate and weather
Preserving our environment as a natural treasure
And rediscovering our lives and spirits and pleasure?

Were at a crossroads and the choice is ours
In this hour of darkness weve got the power
The Earth grows warm as our hearts grow cold
When will we warm up to the Earth?

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